Departmental Translation Services

Sandra Gidley: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much was spent by her Department on translation and interpretation services in 2007-08, broken down by language.

Jim Fitzpatrick: The Department for Transport and its agencies do not hold the data in an appropriate format to provide the breakdown requested and it could be provided only at disproportionate cost. The information that is available is in the following table.
	
		
			  2007-08 
			£000 
			 DfT(C) Translations and interpretations, including DfT share of EU Council Secretariat translations 70.6 
			 DVLA Translations, mostly into Welsh 111.7 
			 VOSA Translations and interpretations 72.0 
			 VGA Translations into Welsh 0.9 
			 MCA Translations and interpretations 12.2 
			 DSA Translations, mostly Welsh but also including British Sign Language 126.6 
			 HA Data not available except at disproportionate cost —